{"id":10088,"date":"2025-04-07T12:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=10088"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:59:37","slug":"a-scratch-off-lottery-ticket-worth-1-million-was-sold-at-toms-river-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2025\/04\/a-scratch-off-lottery-ticket-worth-1-million-was-sold-at-toms-river-gas-station\/","title":{"rendered":"A Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket Worth $1 Million Was Sold at a Toms River Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10089\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10089\" class=\"wp-image-10089 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"The Hooper Avenue Shell station, where a large lottery jackpot ticket was a sold. (Credit: Google Maps)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell-1536x954.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hooper_shell.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hooper Avenue Shell station, where a large lottery jackpot ticket was a sold. (Credit: Google Maps)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New Jersey Lottery officials said one of its largest awards for a scratch-off ticket was sold in recent days at a gas station in Toms River.<\/p>\n<p>The $1 million prize \u2013 the highest possible \u2013 was linked to a ticket sold at the Shell gas station at 1299 Hooper Avenue on April 1, 2025. The scratch-off game was the &#8220;$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacular&#8221; game, which has seen just one other grand prize winner (in Perth Amboy) since being added to the lotter&#8217;s offerings. The station in question is located just outside the rear driveway to the Ocean County Mall near Oak Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The game premiered in October 2024 and sells for $30 per ticket, each with five chances to match numbers and symbols that can produce a win. There are nine chances statewide to win the grand prize, seven of which still remain after the Toms River win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2025\/04\/a-scratch-off-lottery-ticket-worth-1-million-was-sold-at-toms-river-gas-station\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Lottery officials said one of its largest awards for a scratch-off ticket was sold in recent days at a gas station in Toms River. The $1 million prize \u2013 the highest possible \u2013 was linked to a ticket sold at the Shell gas station at 1299 Hooper Avenue on April 1, 2025. 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